Virginia's new Republican attorney general said that public colleges in the state can't mandate COVID vaccines for students as a requirement for admission or in-person attendance.
, such as diphtheria or tetanus, Miyares said those requirements were passed by Virginia's General Assembly.Since the General Assembly has not passed a coronavirus vaccine requirement for students, the attorney general said public colleges don't have the power to mandate or enforce such a requirement.
He said that the state of emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic did not expend the powers of entities "that are expressly subject to the control of the General Assembly." "Notably, the authority to require immunization during a public health emergency belongs to the State Health Commissioner."The University of Virginia, George Mason University and at least five other Virginia campuses recently announced that they would end their vaccine requirements for their employees after a
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